Mexico rehires Aguirre as soccer coach

MEXICO CITY 
Mexico has rehired Javier Aguirre as its soccer coach a day after the dismissal of Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Aguirre is a former coach of Atletico Madrid and this is his second stint with the Mexican team. He inherits a squad that is fourth in the six-team regional Only the top three automatically qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa.

Mexico has lost its last five qualifiers away from home. The team was beaten by Honduras 3-1 Wednesday, triggering Eriksson's firing. The former England coach lasted 10 months with Mexico.

The Mexican soccer federation said Friday it trusted Aguirre to get the team to the World Cup. In 2001, he took took over as coach after Mexico lost 3-0 to Honduras and led it to the 2002 World Cup.